The Public Representation of a Religion called Hinduism: Postcolonial Patterns in India, Britain and the US

该网络项目旨在研究印度教在一系列当代背景下主张和保持公众存在的各种方式。它比较了印度教作为一种宗教在印度的公众代表与印度教在不同的散居背景。该网络建立在最近的工作，承认宗教作为一个现代话语的运作，以及印度教的“建设”作为一个离散的，可识别的思想，对象和实践的身体在这个话语框架（“一个宗教称为印度教”）。它还建立在最近的工作重点是组织或机构，项目的印度教的“公共面貌”，无论是在印度或在世界上的这些地区，其中有大量的印度人已经定居。该网络力求将对这些主题感兴趣的研究人员聚集在一起，以便对印度教在现代社会中作为一种宗教的各种方式进行细致入微的、对背景敏感的分析。我们的重点将是印度教在一系列公共环境中的代表性，在三个国家，它具有突出的作用：印度，美国和英国。关注这些国家将使我们能够进行批判性的比较，这些比较打破了通常在散居地宗教研究和“本土”宗教研究之间建立的界限。

This network project aims to examine the various ways in which Hinduism has asserted and maintained a public presence in a range of contemporary contexts. It compares the public representation of Hinduism as a religion in India with that of Hinduism in different diasporic contexts. The network builds on recent work which recognises the operation of religion as a modern discourse, and the 'construction' of Hinduism as a discrete, identifiable body of ideas, objects and practices within this discursive framework ('a religion called Hinduism'). It also builds on recent work focused on organisations or institutions which project the 'public face' of Hinduism, either in India or in those areas of the world in which significant numbers of Indians have settled. The network seeks to bring together researchers who are interested in these themes in order to build a nuanced, context-sensitive analysis of the various ways in which Hinduism is represented as a religion in modern societies. Our focus will be on the representation of Hinduism in a range of public contexts, in three countries where it has a prominent role: India, the US and the UK. Focusing on these countries will enable us to make critical comparisons which cut through the boundaries normally established between studies of religion in diaspora and studies of religion 'at home'.